Morning journal and courier., 1887-03-12
THE MURDER OF LAYTON.
Reese Makes Confession Telling
 How The Deed Was Done.

l THE MI OEk DEk OF LA "TON.
 Reese Makes Confession Telling How The Deed Was Done. 1 MARKHAM, Mass, March 11.-Before his | execution yesterday for the murder of Law ton, the egg peddler, Samuel Besse of this 1 city gave an account of the crime to depu- 1 ty sheriff in which he acknowled being party to the murder, but implicated another
 man as the principal. The sheriff promised Besse never to reveal the secret. It appears, however, that Besse told a similar story to one or two intimate friends and one of the | latter decided to-day to make the story pub | lie. Besse stated that Edward Gurney and himself left home on Tuesday forenoon, De-
 cember %, 1885, with guns and on the high way met Lawton. During their conversa- | tion Gurney said to Lawton, ''You have ! been telling stories to Brier against me and trying to make trouble for me and advising | him to turn me out of the house." Lawton | said: "It is lie. have
 said nothing about you" To
 this Gurney responded: "You are liar. You have been reporting stories about me, and you are d-d sneak" Law ! ton then jumped from his wagon to grab Cur l ney, when Bessie stepped between them and
 
 stepped back on to his wagon and had just 1 sat down when Besse looked around and saw Gurney in crouching position with his gun at his shoulder which he immediately fired at Law who instantly sang out, "dont shoot" but before he could get to him he l had fired second time and Lawton i rolled off the wagon seat and fell into the | road. The first charge did not knock him | off from the seat, but the second did and
 killed him instantly. Besse said to Gurney, ''For Gods sake, you have killed him. and Gurney said: "D-n him, it's good enough I for him" As soon as Lawton tumbled off from the seat the horse started down the road and Gurney started after him singing
 out "Whoa." When he caught the horse and led him back they took Lawton's body and put it in the dry ditch near by where he | would be out of the way. Besse subsequent | ly disposed of the body detailed at the trial.
 Intercollegiate Ease Ball. SPRINGFIELD, Mass, March 1.-The an-
 nual meeting of the Intercollegiate Base Ball I association was held at the Massasoit House | and the the delegates being as follows: Ana
 herst, Manager Bryant Smith, Captain P 0.
 Phillips and H. o. Wood; Brown, F. D. White and Captain Charles D. Cooke; Dart ! mouth, Manager W. H. Dart, ptain Alex | ander Quackenboss and R. F. Fairbanks; Yale, President James Archibald, jr., and | Alfred Leeds; Williams, Charles H. Bige- | low, jr., and Henry Burdin; Trinity, G. w. Rogers and W. F. Morgan, jr.. The penant | for last year was awarded to Yale. Harvard and Princetons sent sent resignations from ! the association, which were accepted, and
 Yale resigned in person. According to the agreement made last year Williams withdrew and Dartmouth took her old place in the as- l sociation. These officers were elected: Pres dent, F. D. White of Brown, first vice pres- | ident, Bryant Smith of Amherst, second vice president, Charles D. Cooke of Brown; secre- tsry and treasurer, W. Fl. Dart of Dart l mouth. The matter of admitting Williams and Trinity was discussed at length and no decision had been reached when the meeting adjourned to p. m.
 At the afternoon session the Williams club was admitted provided it shall prove that no professionals are on it's nine. It was voted
 not to admit Trinity. The league adopted the Spalding ball. Various changes in the rules were made. The right to choose posi- tion is given visiting club. Stolen bases are to be credited base hits; touching dis placed base saves the base runner.